1) The Affordable Housing Need in Scotland Post-2026 report is now published. The report quantifies the number of affordable homes required in Scotland to meet need between 2026-31. 🧵 downloads.ctfassets.net/6sqqfrl11sfj...

The Executive Summary of CaCHE research into affordable housing need in Scotland is now available on the CIH Scotland website. The research found that 15,693 affordable homes are required annually to meet need. Full report due on 23 September. www.cih.org/publications...

You can read more coverage of the research on the BBC website: ▶️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for long-term funding for the housing budget after new research revealed Scotland needs to build over 15,000 homes per year to meet housing need.

Read the executive summary of Affordable Housing Need in Scotland Post-2026 research, jointly commissioned by Shelter Scotland, CIH Scotland & SFHA & carried out by the University of Liverpool & Sheffield Hallam University. The full report will be published later this month. ▶️ shorturl.at/ryoeO

Great to see our report on decarbonising social housing at scale featured in Inside Housing's review of recent research. Thanks to Richard Hyde for his engagement with the work. www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/late...

About three months until the deadline for the @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social early career researcher's prize - see what winning in 2024 has meant to @michael-s-marshall.bsky.social and get thinking about submitting by checking out the details here www.thinkhouse.org.uk/about/early-...

Our article in @uk.theconversation.com reveals substantial #play inequalities across #England Paul Brindley & I looked at England’s largest settlements & mapped patterns from +18,000 #playgrounds within them Serious #socialjustice issues for #children exist!! theconversation.com/we-mapped-18...

Actually Italia90, to clarify... no. Heat pumps still have to pass a noise test (called MCS 020) which ensures they do not make a sound above 37 decibels at the nearest neighbouring window. That's quieter than a library, apparently.

1) New report published today by @housingevidence.bsky.social. In the report we discuss the challenges of decarbonising social housing at scale. And the responses from social landlords. 🧵 housingevidence.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

*very* cheeky of the Guardian to illustrate this with a picture of Farthing Down, a site of special scientific interest and thus absolutely not the sort of horrible scrubland the mayor's talking about here

1) New article in IJHP! In the article we evaluate the effectiveness of increased capital grant for social rent. We focus on the MHCLG policy to allocate additional grant to 'high affordability pressure' local authorities in 2018... 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social early career researcher's prize has launched! Submit papers by 25 Sept. Previous winners include @anyamartin.bsky.social @antbreach.bsky.social @jelliott94.bsky.social @rachelleearwaker.bsky.social @michael-s-marshall.bsky.social www.thinkhouse.org.uk/about/early-...

Episode 1 of #UrbanRadar is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & many other platforms! open.spotify.com/episode/2Qas... In Episode 1, Tom & Beth bring their urban lens to a range of current issues before welcoming @vanesilla.bsky.social & David Dodman for a discussion of cities & climate change.

"People find this hard to believe, but there is a massive housing surplus in this country. We have a higher ratio of bedrooms to population than ever before." Seen a few articles recently using stats like this to justify opposition to new supply. Thread on why this is wrong and a distraction...

Delighted to read this write up of @michael-s-marshall.bsky.social @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social prize-winning paper looking at factors associated with non-compliance with the Decent Homes Standard and spatial distribution of non-compliance in England www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/thin...

In our latest blog Prof David Robinson and Dr Michael Marshall (@sheffielduni.bsky.social) explore England’s housing crisis, focusing on older people and the idea that downsizing could help free up homes. housingevidence.ac.uk/moving-house...

New report released with New Economics Foundation on the potential for land value capture to boost the delivery of new social rented housing. neweconomics.org/2024/11/buil...

Really honoured to announce that I've been awarded the Thinkhouse ECR award for my paper: The spatial distribution of non-decent homes: Introducing the Non-Decent Index www.thinkhouse.org.uk/about/early-...

Right to buy reform = good. £500million for AHP = drop in the ocean given the demands on social landlord finances. www.gov.uk/government/n...